How wonderful that Charlotte could spend the day sailing in the boat her father used to own! Great video as ever. Hope the scuffs on the rudder buff out!
Wow! What a fun sail you had with Charlotte. French is such a beautiful language isn't it, great to hear you both enjoying English and French together. Thanks for sharing 👍☺️.
Now this is what sailing is all about. For Charlotte to rekindle past memories in the former family boat, and together, create your own memories and teach each other your language , made for a delightful video. Will we be seeing any more of her siblings crewing ? Thank you Roger, Kind Regards Barnacle Bern SY Cadbri SW Wales, currently in the Northern Ionion 🇬🇷. B 😎
Certainly the most hilarious and charming video yet! You choose the best company - and even stick your neck out, carefully skidding around the phrase "...its hot"! You and Charlotte bring the two languages together so well - with the bonus of laughter and joy! Roger, I've missed your videos these past difficult years. I hope to see no more gaps! With kindest regards, Rodney Vancouver Island Canada
Something about your videos brings me back to all the goodness of humanity. And the simple pleasures of watching sails and listening to water gurgling along the hull! Ahhh I can breathe again. Keep sailing my friend
Entering l’Aber Ildut is one of my favorite memories of sailing that part of Brittany. Your crossing to Molène with Avel Dro, even with nice conditions, is impressive, considering the strong currents. Talking of currents, I would say in French ”que le courant semblait passer", so much so that the rudder almost got left behind...😎
Not just an excellent sailor but a fine video editor and sound mixer. Your fade ins of music with transitions to the title seen was fabulous. I really enjoy feel of the video with the scenes you choose and how you assemble them. I can do video but I'm just learning to sail my Penobscot 14 I'm building
Roger and Charlotte - This morning I stepped into Charlotte's fathers shoes, so to speak. I Imagined watching my daughter sail a boat that was once one I loved and imagined the Joy that would have brought! Also there is the thought of how nice it is that Avel Dro is well cared for. Bravo all the way around. So many delightful videos to go back to and enjoy. Best to you Charlotte, and your family
Great sailing video, Roger, wonderful crew (so nice when crew doesn't say things like, this is far enough or take me home now!). I am wondering, in the opening sequence, the boat is really driving nicely, do you ever look up and think you would like to have a temporary stay to windward you could rig from time to time? Loved the rowing sequences and hope your rudder survived the dragging without too much repair! Moer, More!
Always nice to hang out on a boat for a while! I can appreciate the discussion of the critical language age - accent reduction is one of my favourite areas to practice (speech Pathologist) at work. Thanks again!
You said a clever thing during the trip! You were talking about language and said that sounds you dont use in your native language seems to dissapear. I once lived for a few years in Sveden (I'm danish), and though there is very little difference between svedish and danish, I never found out how svedes could destinguish between the letters "u", "y" and "ö" as they all sounded the same to me, whereas the same letters in danish has clear different soundings. What you just said, made me understand why 🙂 Had not much to do with sailing, but I enjoyed the video, as every video from your hand. I sail a small yacht - 850Kg/20ft - but I study all your movements when you are tacking and doing other manoeuvres and try to adapt as much as I can to my own sailing use. I have learned a lot from you!!! Best regards from a small yacht in Denmark
Thanks for another short film Roger. A delight as always. It's reassuring to see that even you make the occasional error launching and retrieving. I make at least two each time.
Interesting lesson on language… at an older age (over 60) i started (trying) to speak Vietnamese .. (a very tonal language.. so my Vietnamese is poor but admired because I’m still working at it near 78 yrs Cheers 🥂 Nick.
Thankyou Roger for a interesting film with you lovely French lady I think that we all enjoyed watching it and you having a sailing companion let's have more regards Robert.
Half of all viewers of the video had stopped watching by three minutes in, during the Marion section. Makes me wonder whether I need more voice over in my videos. But my whole trend of my video production has been the opposite: show not tell.
@@RogerRoving hi roger ,i think they turned it of early ,was because it was a little different from your passed videos ,as you normally on your own,i did enjoy this one thankyou best wishes robert.
Pretty choppy the the start! But nothing Avil Dro couldn’t handle! And later, what a wonderful day for a sail, and row! Always enjoy it when you find someplace on shore for refreshment! Thanks for sharing….been missing your adventures.
Hi Roger, I passed you today on the motorway E401 (could also be the N176) some where past St Brieux and Dinan. Anyway that was a nice suprise !:) We were on our way back to Belgium after some fantastic sailing with our BMER on the Rade de Brest out of the port of L' Auberlac'h. Kind regards.
Re: 0:30 , would you consider getting some spray covers to keep the spray out of the boat. These could be very much like the front of your tent (if you have any ventile left over) at the bow that attach to the gunwhale and the tent tie down points and also up the mast a little way (maybe a foot from the inner deck level? Might save your auto bilge pump some work, though it wouldn't save your companion's dry trousers.
Si debajo del borde de proa le pones dos aletas deflectoras de 1,5 pulgadas,evitas que embarque agua con las olas.Felicitaciones,como siempre un gran video!.Gracias!
Dear Roger, about language: I don't know much french, but I was blessed with musician hear - which is absolutly against of my loosing capability of hear. Sound strange, like von Beethoven. What was (I hope still is) my plus, I can hear (or feel) the difference. Even I wasn't in french class, I was chosen to read some french poen in our school event, just because I had such strong sense of feeling, I heard diference. But closer to You: You are english, spending time in Brittany. In times of The three musketeers, France was devided by languages so much, that D'Aartagnans wasn't same as Paris's. Don't be affraid of french language. They dont understand each other. B.T.W.: Did You see how this daughter of ex-owner is beautiffull? Thank You, have a nice day!
The difference between France and the UK, two countries are separated by a different language. As opposed to the UK and US being separated by the same language. Roger, you look loved up!
You weave a great microtale every time. I forget where I am? Why actually, yes, the sound is particularly. I am contemplating a Sea Bright 18 with a spritsail bc of you, no one has ever heard if it!
That's a wonderful reunion, Rog! The concept of an English speaking skipper, explaining boat and sailing terms, in French, to French speaking crews raises an interesting question! How long has it taken you to convert your English knowledge and terms to French? With your Cambridge accent in French how do you go getting your French crew to understand and grasp all that ancient terminology? Ha, big jump for me to do this, even with a small bit of schoolboy French! I found your discussion with Charlotte about language really interesting. I learned French at 12 but my pronunciation is suspect!! I think the muscle memory in your mouth has a lot to do with being understood! I have enjoyed every one of your videos, thanks!
@@ashleyhoward8926 Per Sam Willis, this expression may be a _pun_: 'There is a popular misconception amongst the English that the motto of the French Navy was once “A l’eau, C’est l’heure.” But this is actually a wonderful pun. Translated it is moderately convincing, meaning “To the water, it is the hour”, but when spoken aloud it actually sounds like the English phrase, with all of its comical overtones, “Hello Sailor.”'
@@ashleyhoward8926 Thank you. I'm afraid the second half of your comment has gone over my head as I only know three words in french, mostly gleaned from childhood cartoons involving an overly-amorous skunk :)
Thank you for this video. Charlotte made a little translation mistake : "raban" is the ruban you tie around the sail, when not in use (as you said) ("furling line" in english ?). "garcette" is the little rope in the sail that you use to take a reef ("reef point" ou "reefing becket" in english ?).
As a person who's live such a sad life, lol, I can concur that learning another language after a certain age is difficult. I was 7 when French/Canadian became mandatory. By 6 or 7 I was not able to clue into it other than a few key words. And try as I might I never learned any other language either. Hope the rudder didn't get too beat, D'oh. Very nice to reunite the young lady with old memories.
@@RogerRoving yup, understood. I do wish I had learned another language at an early age. But growing up in the Era I did (early 60's) in canada to parents without aspirations of us having higher education or to travel to other countries I didn't get much encouragement for languages. I love to listen to you talk French even though I don't know what you are saying I do get some of the jist of it. My buddy married a girl from Quebec and she would slip out of English and then apologize for it. But I told her to go right ahead because I liked to hear it. I don't begrudge my upbringing just wish I wasn't so a thick skulled lol. I don't think they make a stick big enough to get this old dogs head to wrap around it.
@@RogerRoving Dont know about that theory of 6 years old. I learned German at 8-10, english at 10-12, indonesian 12-13, Japanese 14-15 and currently learning Spanish. My wife learned English at 17-19, Philippine at 20-23 and so on.
@@superwag634 yes, but presumably you learned your native language before the age of six. the point isn't that you can't learn a second, third, etc. language after the age of six, but that if you have learned zero languages by the age of six then you probably never will learn even one.
I learnt French fluently when I was in my late thirties. I’m bilingual now French English and my german is pretty good too. Why don’t I know… I was bilingual English and Swahili as a child. « Un joli bordel… » is more polite ;-)
Yes, Breton is a form of Gaelic. Many similar words, such as "pen" etc. I studied in Bangor and a Breton resident lecturer could converse with the Welsh.
Here is one French word that is the same in English . . . Cul-de-sac. I must make it to France, for heritage sake as well as for the perspective it may offer from its beauty, culture and everything else. Another great video Roger.
Sadly I have to inform you that a dead end road is called a “voie sans issue” in French. The phrase “Cul de sac” would be considered vulgar to the French.
@@AndyJarman Thanks Andy, had not spotted the fairleads yet. They are almost obscured by the mast. But I don't agree with you about a chain rubbing on the thwart. Try it at home and you will see wood damage after just a bit of rubbing.
I’m speechless to see this reunion that you have so kindly plotted Roger. May God always be sitting by you.
How wonderful that Charlotte could spend the day sailing in the boat her father used to own! Great video as ever. Hope the scuffs on the rudder buff out!
Yeah, père or pear or peer or pier or tant pire, that's the question.
Wow! What a fun sail you had with Charlotte.
French is such a beautiful language isn't it, great to hear you both enjoying English and French together.
Thanks for sharing 👍☺️.
Very fun!
Charlotte was smiling a good deal. Looked like she was very much, up to the adventure!
Seemed to be quite some chemistry there - how enjoyable.
Probably the heart beats faster when a guest is on your boat, dragging a steel chain along a polished bench.
Brilliant video, once again. Wonderful times, sailing, sharing, accepting differences and having pleasure. Many thanks !
Now this is what sailing is all about.
For Charlotte to rekindle past memories in the former family boat, and together, create your own memories and teach each other your language , made for a delightful video. Will we be seeing any more of her siblings crewing ?
Thank you Roger, Kind Regards Barnacle Bern SY Cadbri SW Wales, currently in the Northern Ionion 🇬🇷. B 😎
As a retired language teacher, I found your exchange... entertaining!
Roger, i look forward to your installments, whenever they arrive
Certainly the most hilarious and charming video yet! You choose the best company - and even stick your neck out, carefully skidding around the phrase "...its hot"! You and Charlotte bring the two languages together so well - with the bonus of laughter and joy!
Roger, I've missed your videos these past difficult years. I hope to see no more gaps!
With kindest regards,
Rodney Vancouver Island Canada
Superbe video ! Felicitation pour votre maîtrise du français !😉
Something about your videos brings me back to all the goodness of humanity. And the simple pleasures of watching sails and listening to water gurgling along the hull! Ahhh I can breathe again. Keep sailing my friend
Nice to see you again. What a treat to see the connection of you two with the boat.
Entering l’Aber Ildut is one of my favorite memories of sailing that part of Brittany. Your crossing to Molène with Avel Dro, even with nice conditions, is impressive, considering the strong currents. Talking of currents, I would say in French ”que le courant semblait passer", so much so that the rudder almost got left behind...😎
Wow! That's awesome to see she's with you, I love the English to French and vice verse exchanges... keep them coming, really enjoyable to watch...
Not just an excellent sailor but a fine video editor and sound mixer. Your fade ins of music with transitions to the title seen was fabulous. I really enjoy feel of the video with the scenes you choose and how you assemble them. I can do video but I'm just learning to sail my Penobscot 14 I'm building
Each video you make is touching my heart. In each one you convey a strong emotional feeling that embraces us. Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Toujours un plaisir vos vidéos !
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Merci beaucoup, as always. 🌊👌
Absolutely loved the story about Charlotte! Wish I could give it two thumbs up!
Fantastic video of Charlotte's fathers boat. All is greatly appreciated here as a child, my father built one very similar.
Neat video Roger. So cool that Charloatte was able to sail with you on her families old boat. What a thrilll
Well well hahaha ,,, ! Lovely day , lovely weather , and nice to see you two having so much fun , ..
Roger and Charlotte - This morning I stepped into Charlotte's fathers shoes, so to speak. I Imagined watching my daughter sail a boat that was once one I loved and imagined the Joy that would have brought! Also there is the thought of how nice it is that Avel Dro is well cared for. Bravo all the way around. So many delightful videos to go back to and enjoy. Best to you Charlotte, and your family
Lovely to see you tutoring a new crew member in the ways of your dinghy.
So much joy. Wonderful stuff. Thank you
All your videos are unique, and well worth watching. This one is special. Thanks.
Great sailing video, Roger, wonderful crew (so nice when crew doesn't say things like, this is far enough or take me home now!). I am wondering, in the opening sequence, the boat is really driving nicely, do you ever look up and think you would like to have a temporary stay to windward you could rig from time to time? Loved the rowing sequences and hope your rudder survived the dragging without too much repair! Moer, More!
A crew member whose lovely hair matches the colour of the sail!!! Great video as always, an inspiration...
merci beaucoup Roger. Bien à vous.
ça donne tellement envie.
Délicieux British Gentleman skipper ! Equipière adorable !
Un régal.
What a lovely video! Nice sailing and talking about language. Amazing content.
Best episode of 'Allo 'Allo i have seen so far.
What a wonderful Story! And a wonderful french Crew! 😍
That is a brilliant video Roger. Brings back memories when I first took out my daughter in the Isle of Wight. NEVER STOP MY FRIEND.
Quel plaisir à chaque fois, merci beaucoup.
Great days sail with a pretty French mate thanks for sharing your experience
Great video. The pace of life appears somewhat slower even than here in sleepy Dorset.
I've only watched a minute and a half so far but it such a delight to watch, I feel like I'm onboard
I love watching this just for the conversation 😀👍🏻
A great video, I really enjoyed that.👍⛵️
Always nice to hang out on a boat for a while! I can appreciate the discussion of the critical language age - accent reduction is one of my favourite areas to practice (speech Pathologist) at work. Thanks again!
I enjoyed that quite a bit after a long day at work.
You said a clever thing during the trip! You were talking about language and said that sounds you dont use in your native language seems to dissapear.
I once lived for a few years in Sveden (I'm danish), and though there is very little difference between svedish and danish, I never found out how svedes could destinguish between the letters "u", "y" and "ö" as they all sounded the same to me, whereas the same letters in danish has clear different soundings.
What you just said, made me understand why 🙂
Had not much to do with sailing, but I enjoyed the video, as every video from your hand. I sail a small yacht - 850Kg/20ft - but I study all your movements when you are tacking and doing other manoeuvres and try to adapt as much as I can to my own sailing use. I have learned a lot from you!!!
Best regards from a small yacht in Denmark
Thank you Bent
You somehow manage always to make it magical, Mr Barnes.
Another wonderful video. Thanks Roger!
What's lovely crew you have! Great video as usual!!!
Two of them.
Loved the video and congratulations on such a lovely boat :-)
Équipage parfait . Quel bonheur
.What a lovely video! I've long enjoyed Didier Squiban's album Molene which now has an even better context.
Thanks for another short film Roger. A delight as always. It's reassuring to see that even you make the occasional error launching and retrieving. I make at least two each time.
Finally another Roger Barnes vid. Multi-million stars and likes.
Interesting lesson on language… at an older age (over 60) i started (trying) to speak Vietnamese .. (a very tonal language.. so my Vietnamese is poor but admired because I’m still working at it near 78 yrs Cheers 🥂 Nick.
This was very fun to watch, makes me excited to get my out on the water myself! Thanks 4 the video!
This reminds me so much of my life here in France happy days.
Always nice to see another video from you. Thanks for sharing Roger.
Thankyou Roger for a interesting film with you lovely French lady I think that we all enjoyed watching it and you having a sailing companion let's have more regards Robert.
Half of all viewers of the video had stopped watching by three minutes in, during the Marion section. Makes me wonder whether I need more voice over in my videos. But my whole trend of my video production has been the opposite: show not tell.
@@RogerRoving hi roger ,i think they turned it of early ,was because it was a little different from your passed videos ,as you normally on your own,i did enjoy this one thankyou best wishes robert.
I miss the option to give multiple likes. I really enjoyed this episode!
Cracking. Thanks for taking us along.
I enjoyed that video. Thankyou!
Pretty choppy the the start! But nothing Avil Dro couldn’t handle! And later, what a wonderful day for a sail, and row! Always enjoy it when you find someplace on shore for refreshment! Thanks for sharing….been missing your adventures.
That was special Roger - thanks!! R
Great video Roger and with lovely crew on board 👍
Hi Roger, I passed you today on the motorway E401 (could also be the N176) some where past St Brieux and Dinan. Anyway that was a nice suprise !:) We were on our way back to Belgium after some fantastic sailing with our BMER on the Rade de Brest out of the port of L' Auberlac'h. Kind regards.
Re: 0:30 , would you consider getting some spray covers to keep the spray out of the boat. These could be very much like the front of your tent (if you have any ventile left over) at the bow that attach to the gunwhale and the tent tie down points and also up the mast a little way (maybe a foot from the inner deck level? Might save your auto bilge pump some work, though it wouldn't save your companion's dry trousers.
another man would have left that rudder scene out of the cut though!!
Excellent cruise.
Love your content. Great chemistry!
The two of you should venture to some blue water cruising on a blue water cruising boat.
Si debajo del borde de proa le pones dos aletas deflectoras de 1,5 pulgadas,evitas que embarque agua con las olas.Felicitaciones,como siempre un gran video!.Gracias!
Toda mi admiración French, desde Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Argentina.
Dear Roger, about language: I don't know much french, but I was blessed with musician hear - which is absolutly against of my loosing capability of hear. Sound strange, like von Beethoven. What was (I hope still is) my plus, I can hear (or feel) the difference. Even I wasn't in french class, I was chosen to read some french poen in our school event, just because I had such strong sense of feeling, I heard diference. But closer to You: You are english, spending time in Brittany. In times of The three musketeers, France was devided by languages so much, that D'Aartagnans wasn't same as Paris's. Don't be affraid of french language. They dont understand each other. B.T.W.: Did You see how this daughter of ex-owner is beautiffull? Thank You, have a nice day!
Nice video, Roger. Always informative. Thanks for sharing.
Very lovely video Roger !
Wonderful video! Thanks!
The difference between France and the UK, two countries are separated by a different language. As opposed to the UK and US being separated by the same language. Roger, you look loved up!
You weave a great microtale every time. I forget where I am? Why actually, yes, the sound is particularly. I am contemplating a Sea Bright 18 with a spritsail bc of you, no one has ever heard if it!
Great video Roger. Thank you
That's a wonderful reunion, Rog! The concept of an English speaking skipper, explaining boat and sailing terms, in French, to French speaking crews raises an interesting question! How long has it taken you to convert your English knowledge and terms to French? With your Cambridge accent in French how do you go getting your French crew to understand and grasp all that ancient terminology? Ha, big jump for me to do this, even with a small bit of schoolboy French! I found your discussion with Charlotte about language really interesting. I learned French at 12 but my pronunciation is suspect!! I think the muscle memory in your mouth has a lot to do with being understood! I have enjoyed every one of your videos, thanks!
French naval Motto = "To the water, ...it is the hour! ( A l'eau.... C'est L'heure!)
Cambridge? I thought Roger had a Lancashire accent?
@@ashleyhoward8926
Per Sam Willis, this expression may be a _pun_:
'There is a popular misconception amongst the English that the motto of the French Navy was once “A l’eau, C’est l’heure.” But this is actually a wonderful pun. Translated it is moderately convincing, meaning “To the water, it is the hour”, but when spoken aloud it actually sounds like the English phrase, with all of its comical overtones, “Hello Sailor.”'
@@oaklandmax Bravo Monsieur ! Et maintenant, "Roger le garcon de cabine"
@@ashleyhoward8926
Thank you. I'm afraid the second half of your comment has gone over my head as I only know three words in french, mostly gleaned from childhood cartoons involving an overly-amorous skunk :)
Great vlog Roger…thanks for sharing…
Looks like a another great vid! Can’t wait to watch 👍
Oh la la Roger, tu as très chaud. [edit] Ouch for the Rudder.
Dude, your channel rocks.
absolutely lovely video
Brilliant little dit..
delightful vid
Roger great video as usual could you please me know the name of the song at beginning of vid my wife loves it many thanks Bill
Hello. All music details are in the video description.
Thank you for this video.
Charlotte made a little translation mistake : "raban" is the ruban you tie around the sail, when not in use (as you said) ("furling line" in english ?). "garcette" is the little rope in the sail that you use to take a reef ("reef point" ou "reefing becket" in english ?).
As a person who's live such a sad life, lol, I can concur that learning another language after a certain age is difficult. I was 7 when French/Canadian became mandatory. By 6 or 7 I was not able to clue into it other than a few key words. And try as I might I never learned any other language either.
Hope the rudder didn't get too beat, D'oh.
Very nice to reunite the young lady with old memories.
The point is that if you never learn any language before 6 you never will. Once you have learned one language you can learn another, though.
@@RogerRoving yup, understood. I do wish I had learned another language at an early age. But growing up in the Era I did (early 60's) in canada to parents without aspirations of us having higher education or to travel to other countries I didn't get much encouragement for languages. I love to listen to you talk French even though I don't know what you are saying I do get some of the jist of it. My buddy married a girl from Quebec and she would slip out of English and then apologize for it. But I told her to go right ahead because I liked to hear it. I don't begrudge my upbringing just wish I wasn't so a thick skulled lol. I don't think they make a stick big enough to get this old dogs head to wrap around it.
@@RogerRoving Dont know about that theory of 6 years old. I learned German at 8-10, english at 10-12, indonesian 12-13, Japanese 14-15 and currently learning Spanish. My wife learned English at 17-19, Philippine at 20-23 and so on.
@@superwag634 yes, but presumably you learned your native language before the age of six. the point isn't that you can't learn a second, third, etc. language after the age of six, but that if you have learned zero languages by the age of six then you probably never will learn even one.
Roger, you have to read The Brendan Voyage by Tim Severin! I think of it when I see your videos! It would be a great read under the tent!
Read it a long time ago. Great book!
Most of us would have edited out the rudder incident. Commendable that you did not. Thank you. Do you plan to ever write another book?
Writing one at the moment. Hence the paucity of videos!
Is the rudder ok? Great video Roger, thanks for such a lovely day on the water.
" You are not ot anymore".......spat my tea out. Have to love humour.
I learnt French fluently when I was in my late thirties. I’m bilingual now French English and my german is pretty good too. Why don’t I know… I was bilingual English and Swahili as a child. « Un joli bordel… » is more polite ;-)
...and gulls were laughing at the end. :)
love this vid.
RB with added sparkle. I hope you get to do that more often.
aber, in Welsh means "mouth of" ( river). Does it mean the same in Breton?
Yes, Breton is a form of Gaelic. Many similar words, such as "pen" etc. I studied in Bangor and a Breton resident lecturer could converse with the Welsh.
Breton and Welsh have the same Celtic roots.
Oooooh! Poor rudder. Dragged on a hurdle to Tyburn.... :D
Here is one French word that is the same in English . . . Cul-de-sac. I must make it to France, for heritage sake as well as for the perspective it may offer from its beauty, culture and everything else. Another great video Roger.
Sadly I have to inform you that a dead end road is called a “voie sans issue” in French. The phrase “Cul de sac” would be considered vulgar to the French.
@@RogerRoving well, I have been educated. Thank you for confirming.
I see what you mean!
Thanks Roger. Lovely. I was wondering how you deal with the anchor chain rubbing on the thwarts and gunwales.
He has fairleads for the gunwhales, there no load on the chain when rubbing the thwarts.
@@AndyJarman Thanks Andy, had not spotted the fairleads yet. They are almost obscured by the mast. But I don't agree with you about a chain rubbing on the thwart. Try it at home and you will see wood damage after just a bit of rubbing.
Yes, the wood gets damaged. There is a plan to protect the edges by brass strips.
Avel Dro. In Welsh, Awel = Breeze, Dro = Turn. Is Breton still spoken locally?
You don’t hear it much, but many people do use it a little here, way out west.